To be quite honest when I watch T.V. I really only watch one channel and that would be, USA. I like the kinds of shows that involve some kind of crime and mystery to them. It has been a while since I’ve felt like I was being sold a household product. I hardly ever see item commercials any more. When I watch USA I often find that I am being sold other USA shows. For example, during Law and Order SVU, the commercials are telling me to watch Law and Order Criminal Intent. When I watch TV I am no longer being sold tangible products but I am being sold other television shows.
When I do see commercials for only TV shows, I wonder how any money is made especially when a show created by, Dick Wolf (Law and Order Series) is advertising commercials for another spin off by Dick Wolf. The shows that I watch are watched by those who want to watch something mysterious and criminal. In the end we are only being sold shows that are more mysterious than the last. If it is not a movie trailer or television trailer or commercial on USA than it is something that involves mystery. USA is the only channel that I have seen advertise books by, James Patterson in particular.
In the end I’m not entirely sure how the advertisers make any money from selling me shows created by the same circle of people. I suppose that they are making money from the networks that originally aired those shows (seeing as USA doesn’t have too many original programs). I am not bothered that I am being sold shows and novels that I like, because it’s free and I will mostly like the shows that they are trying to get me to watch.
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